The downside of "no gatherings, no meetings" is that my favourite yearly 5 day retreat was cancelled.
I will admit to feeling more than a bit grumpy on Wednesday morning when that decision had to be made...but I know there are many, many people in far worse situations, so I pulled up the big girl panties, swore a bit, cancelled my Annual Leave from work and got on with it.
I had been doing a fair bit of prepping for my time away - so Thursday night I got a bit of a start and continued on after work on Friday Night.
I am making a quilt for my new grand daughter - & Mum's choice was Toy Story fabrics. (and who am I to argue??)
I had cut the blocks and border strips - laid them all out in rows and labelled.
Tonight I got 5 of the 7 rows sewn together before I decided to stop.
Had I been on retreat - I would have had company and I would have kept going...(we have been known to sew until 1 AM) but tomorrow is another day.
During the day - there may have been some "listening time" during meetings and I did a bit of gluing and sewing...
I had cut the blocks and border strips - laid them all out in rows and labelled.
Tonight I got 5 of the 7 rows sewn together before I decided to stop.
Had I been on retreat - I would have had company and I would have kept going...(we have been known to sew until 1 AM) but tomorrow is another day.
and a bit of crochet...well a bit more than a bit - a whole block!
It's an unusual yarn - one color just stops - there might be one treble that is a mix but not a lot.
I can assure you I was paying full attention - discussed several things during two of the meetings..and took notes where needed. After all, I am female and can do two things at a time . . .
It's an unusual yarn - one color just stops - there might be one treble that is a mix but not a lot.
One of the group that I go on retreat with suggested a Show & Tell on Sunday - so I started a facebook group for us to show projects, make comments, crack a joke - whatever to keep the pretense of a real retreat going.
The posts have been quite frequent during the day, so it's keeping us all amused.
Saturday morning I will be doing a quick grocery trip and back to the sewing.
Hopefully, everyone is coping with lockdown and staying well.
Thanks Cheryll for continuing to motivate us to get sewing - and to blog post.
The posts have been quite frequent during the day, so it's keeping us all amused.
Saturday morning I will be doing a quick grocery trip and back to the sewing.
Hopefully, everyone is coping with lockdown and staying well.
Thanks Cheryll for continuing to motivate us to get sewing - and to blog post.
12 comments:
Oh Susan I feel your pain... we have been asked about our upcoming retreat... so sad to miss getting together (physically that is)...
but at least with FNwF I do feel less alone... :(
Oh well... just think of the projects we can work on... :) xox
I feel for you, we have one booked for August 30th, who knows what will be happening by then. You have been very productive with your quilt, hexies and crochet.
It’s so annoying for all you folks who are in lockdown and need to cancel your retreats etc….
Over here we are free to travel anywhere in our own state and the caravans on the road is unbelievable, our little town is over run by travellers…..
One good thing Susan is we all have our crafts to work on…
You’ve been making some great progress on your projects ! Some while working ….
Keep safe 🤗
You made good use of your listening time! Shame about the retreat. xx
Cute Toy Story quilt and I really like your hexies. Pretty fabrics! Way to get creative and have a sew-along since retreat got cancelled.
Such cute fabrics.
A big pity about the retreat.... nothing really takes the place of an actual gathering.... I like to crochet during video chats too (though mine of course are not work related) Your quilt is looking wonderful.....
Stay safe....
Hugz
Love your baby quilt for the new grandbaby, wonderful color combination.
Blast, Blast, Blast!!! How disappointing to not be able to have your retreat. I'm glad you are able to at least have some fun in the Facebook group. I do hope you keep that time free for sewing anyway, other than grocery shopping and work time. We still don't know if the Bathurst Blog Meet will be happening in early September. We'll just have to wait and see closer to the time. The quilt you are working on will be nice and bright.
Sorry you missed your retreat, but thankful that modern technology makes it easier to keep in touch when we can't meet. It is so hard to plan for 'normal' events at the moment isn't it?
You made the best of a cancelled situation. Thank heavens for technology so that we can "meet" and share.
A bit of swearing was warranted! You made the most of your time and of course we women can multintask lol!
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